Weather: W force 4 veering WNW and then SW
A good day for a westerly wind direction with arrivals of both a Whitethroat and a Willow Warbler in the paddocks.
Two Common Sandpipers around the islands were another bonus this morning.
Records of Bar-tailed Godwits have been increasing over the last week or so, there were 14 today and in addition a group of 22 Black-tailed Godwits settled near the gutter.
Waders in general have been more numerous as we progress towards the autumn, there were 17 Whimbrel, 40 Curlew, 100 Ringed Plover,
also 120 Sanderling, 220 Turnstone, 200 Knot and 800 Dunlin.
The juvenile Wheatear was confirmed as still present.
Seen on the sea were both dark and light phase Arctic Skuas (which have been scarce this autumn), 12 Gannets and a large count of 520 Sandwich and 8 Common Terns, while the 9 Eiders were close to the islands. Rounding out the bird list were 2 Grey Herons, the Kestrel and 3 Little Egrets,
Lepidoptera did well as we would expect at this time, butterfies featured 4 Red Admirals, 3 Green-veined Whites, a Peacock, a Small Tortoiseshell and a Gatekeeper. and from the moth trap a small catch of 2 Large Yellow Underwing, a Yellow tail, a Grey Pug, a White-spotted Pug and a Dun-bar.
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| White-spotted Pug |
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| Dun-bar |
Two Dragonflies were recorded, another Emperor and Common Darter.
Photos CJW , SRW
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